Was Anakin REALLY a Mary Sue?

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"I don't like Mary Sues. They're coarse and rough and irritating and they're everywhere. "

Anakin commits genocide twice and he's still a more liked character than Rey "Skywalker" Plapatine.

Anakin: looses his arms, legs, skin, hair, mom, wife, friend, mentor and freedom Rey defenders: MARY SUE!!!! Rey: looses nothing Rey defenders: If you call her a Mary Sue you’re a sexist

I can't comprehend the fact that people actually call Anakin a Mary Sue

Anakin lost his mom, wife, children, friends, and all of his limbs. Rey lost nothing but time.

Being dismembered and set on fire doesn’t sound like a Mary Sue.

Calling Anakin a Mary Sue only started after people ridiculed Rey for being a textbook Mary Sue. It was done mostly by Rey fans just to defend themselves and now it's just their coping mechanism.

to be fair, "I don't like sand" scene is plausible imo. I can see myself look like awkward shmuck in front of Padme

I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it’s a MEME

If he’s a Mary Sue, he would never become “Darth Vader” in the first place.

13:48 Actually, the subtext of this scene is Anakin describing his childhood. He dislikes sand because it reminds him that he was a slave to Watto on a desert planet. Had he been surrounded by snow or fire or forest, he would've hated those instead, because the point is that, unlike the pain of his childhood slavery, Naboo is peaceful and soft and smooth, the exact opposite of Tatooine.

Anakin is a false Messiah, i love his story. He's actually the most compelling character for me.

The main difference between Anakin and Rey: Anakin is canon. Rey is non-fan-fiction.

I feel like Anakin's entire story in the prequels was that he WASN'T the Mary Sue they were hoping he would be

In the novelization of Episode III, Anakin needed to be a Jedi Master to access a piece of the Jedi library. He thought the key to saving Padme was in that section. So not only did the Council personally insult him, but they also denied him a chance to save his wife.

What makes Anakin’s story even more tragic is that his personality actually got better during the clone wars. He goes from being an impatient padawan with a bad attitude, to a Jedi knight who has a better attitude and a little more patience. Plus he was a good master to Ashoka. He even showed restraint in the original 2003 cartoon that came out. As a Jedi Knight I mean. I’m not saying he was perfect but still he did show good character development. Still all of that character development was dumped into the lava because Anakin let his fears get the best of him. I will admit though the Jedi council(including Obi-Wan) was a bit critical on Anakin at times. So there was fault on both sides.

It’s weird cuz Anakin’s whole thing is that he’s a tragic character, that is an anti-mary sue

he literally failed the one thing he wanted to do. save his wife.

This is actually why i love the prequels so much. It’s basically one movie split into 3 chapters. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea but you can’t deny the great character development and overarching story